Despotic Synonyms

despätik
Without limit in authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. oppressive
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Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. autocratic
  2. authoritarian
  3. tyrannical
  4. dictatorial
  5. despotical
  6. tyrannic
  7. totalitarian
  8. absolute
  9. arbitrary
  10. dominant
  11. oppressive

Words Related to Despotic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Despotic Sentence Examples

  • Men thought him more cruel and more despotic than he actually was.

  • In other cases a more despotic monarchy has grown up - the prowess of one man leading to the subjugation of other clans.

  • The Internet is still able to be "turned off" by despotic rulers.

  • The Prussian people were keenly irritated by the cordial relations between their court and the most despotic power in Europe.

  • The new king was a man of excellent intentions and did his Louis Bonaparte best to promote the interest of his subjects, but finding King of himself unable to protect them from the despotic Holland.

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